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2 BLUEPRINTS: MCCF ANNUAL REPORT 2015

A Letter from the CEOFriends of the Community:

I am pleased to release the Muskingum County Community Foundation’s (MCCF) 2015 Annual Report: “Blueprints.”

As a young boy I always wanted to be an architect. I would spend hours upon hours looking through design books and studying blueprints, drawings and other plans for buildings. I loved the idea of taking a plan from paper to a finished structure.

During 2015, the Board was busy working on our “blueprints” for MCCF. The strategic planning work has continued into this year, as we now

try to answer “Who we are, what we do and how can we help?” I am excited about the direction our planning process is taking and the new cornerstones the Foundation will be embracing in the next several years. However, as every good architect knows, you must listen to the people using the “building.” Therefore, we’ve made a concerted effort to talk to the community to make sure we hear you and what you want from MCCF.

In this report, you’ll see a list of new funds and scholarships that were created in 2015 as well as the grant recipients from the 2015 Spring Grant Competition. You’ll also find a snapshot of the unaudited 2015 financials.

This is YOUR community foundation, and we look forward to engaging the community in 2016 to share our blueprint for the Foundation. Remember, you are welcome anytime at 534 Putnam, and if there is ever anything we can do for you, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

Brian Wagner Chief Executive Officer

3BLUEPRINTS: MCCF ANNUAL REPORT 2015

MCCF StaffBrian Wagner —Chief Executive Officer

Jamie Thomas —Chief Operating Officer

Heather Sands —Director of Educational Services

Chris Lacy —Director of Technology Services

Juliet Lacy —Director of Donor Services/Community Youth Foundation Advisor

Katie McCarty —Educational Assistant

Abby Anderson —GEAR UP Crooksville (March to July)

Jenny Johnson —GEAR UP Crooksville (November to May 2016)

Financial Report2014 vs. 2015: (Unaudited)

$-

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

$30,000,000

2014 2015

$20,814,907 $19,860,809

ASSETS (NET OF MRC)

$-

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

2014 2015

$892,162 $1,097,368

G R A N T S A N D S C H O L A R S H I P S A W A R D E D


Board/CouncilBoard of Trustees (2015)

Foundation Council (2015)

Greg Adams —President

Jim Lepi —Vice President

Susan McDonald —Secretary

Alana Ryan —Treasurer

Brenton Baker

Dr. Paul Brown

Joanna Duncan

Matt Elli

Karla Frye

Susan Holdren

Al Iacovone

Dr. Anita Jackson

Matt Joseph (Council President)

Monica Martinelli

Michael Micheli

Patrick Nash

Dr. Douglas Ramsay

Eva Sieber

Blake Stubbins (CYF President)

Susan Stubbins

John (Yan) Sun

Jim Wilson

Geraldine Zylinsky

Matt Joseph —President

Lisa Karling —Vice President

Joey Osborn —Secretary

Kali Burkhart

Megan Durst

Vincent Joseph

Andy Kilgore

Pat Lash

Katie McCarty

Sarah McInturf

Ryan Moyer-Past President

Joe Murphy

Matt Schreiber

Sara Shallcross

Heather Shoenleben

David Stewart

Justin Stubbs

Erin Welch


EmeritusTrustees Emeriti

J. Robert Beam*

Michael Bennett

Thomas D. Black

Joan Cameron

Steve Carter

Randy Coconis

Donna R. Cole

Frank Dosch

Richard Duncan

Robert Fellers*

Carroll Fink

Robert Forker*

Mary Vashti Jones Funk*

Robert F. Glass, Jr.

Robert D. Goodrich, II

Richard Johnson*

Arthur L. Joseph*

Jack Joseph

Robert O. Joseph

Robert Kessler

Sandra M. Kopf

Milman Linn, II*

Norma A. Littick

Thomas Lyall

John C. Matesich, III

Robert K. Mattingly*

Shirley McCollister

James A. McDonald

Timothy McLain

Larry Miller

Douglas Mock

Walter Offinger

William A. Phillips*

J. William Plummer

William Randles*

Jack Russett

Karl Saunders, M.D.

Michael Steen

J. William Straker

Dan Sylvester

Kristy Szemetylo

Raymond W. Thomas*

Ronald Thomas

Donald A. Urban M.D.*

M. Dean Young

*Deceased


Community Youth Foundation (CYF)

Officers Blake Stubbins — President Abby Neal — Vice President Emma Palko —Secretary Aaron Ashby —Treasurer Cassidy Harris - Communication Chair Thaina Gatti - Fundraising Chair

Class of 2016 Shelby Awalt

Amanda Carpenter

Arielle Combs

Weston Davis

Kolten Hanby

Lexi Hitchcock

Logan Hittle

Luke Imes

Caroline Johnson

Emma Kimberly

Allison Lambert

Emma Lee

Nicole Lindsley

Kinsey Roberts

Caleb Saunders

Kori Sidwell

Gabe Skrobot

Katie Ware

Ashley Weeks

Class of 2017 Breck Baker

Autumn Cogswell

Madelyn Eagle

Sammy Engle

Hayden Gadd

Aaron Gehlken

Hannah George

Mollie George

Juniper Glass-Klaiber

Kenzie King

Kaitlyn Lafferty

Makyla Lewellen

Madeline Myers

Abby Neal

Matthew Pitcock

Miranda Reed

Aaron Ross

Elli Shaw

Colin Slaboden

Maddy Spiker

Mark Szemetylo

Hannah Tarbert

Bennett Van Horn

Kasie Winters

Class of 2018 Ellie Bainter

Drew Baker

Baylee Caudill

Olivia Corder

Kailey Felumlee

Jensen Israel

Arlana James

Hannah Jenkins

Lorene Kelley

Gabrielle Labishak

Matthew Lewis

Hannah Meeks

Ethan Reilly

Madeline Russell

Rachel Saltz

Alyssa Shawger

Hannah Stoepfel

Lizzie Wagner

Jordan Williams

Rylie Winsor

Class of 2019

Cory Burkhart

Sierra Chambers

Kody Felumlee

Clarice Hague

Caden Harris

Hannah Hartman

Benjamin Jacoby

Ben Larson

Kailey Lindsley

Sam Slaboden

Rachel Taylor

Lauren Wyatt


Jensen Israel

Arlana James

Hannah Jenkins

Lorene Kelley

Gabrielle Labishak

Matthew Lewis

Hannah Meeks

Ethan Reilly

Madeline Russell

Rachel Saltz

Alyssa Shawger

Hannah Stoepfel

Lizzie Wagner

Jordan Williams

Rylie Winsor

Class of 2019

Cory Burkhart

Sierra Chambers

Kody Felumlee

Clarice Hague

Caden Harris

Hannah Hartman

Benjamin Jacoby

Ben Larson

Kailey Lindsley

Sam Slaboden

Rachel Taylor

Lauren Wyatt

2015 Spring Grant WinnersMCCF’s Distribution Committee reviewed grant requests and voted to provide nearly $30,000 in funding to the following organizations and projects in the spring of 2015:

Adamsville Elementary School

$1,021.89 for books for “The Seven Habits of Happy Kids” program

Artist Colony of Zanesville (COZ)

$2,500 for materials for children’s area at the Y-Bridge Arts Festival

Avondale Youth Center and Boy Scouts of America

$2,000 for gear and supplies for summer adventure outings for young men residing at Avondale

Bethel Mission (DBA Bethel Community Center)

$1,000 for expanding after-school program

Muskingum University High School Summer Music Theatre CAMP

$1,000 for music theatre summer camp for high school students

Nelson T. Gant Foundation

$600 for the Inkwell Project

The PowerHouse of Southeastern Ohio, Inc.

$5,000 for books for “On the Same Page Muskingum”

Village of Roseville

$1,000 for skate park and bike/walking trail

Y-City Barbershop Chorus

$1,000 for sending high school students to Harmony Camp

Zanesville Community Gardens

$2,500 for chipper/shredder, water line and several loads of compostable material


2015 Spring Grant Winners2015 Spring Grant recipients (continued):

Zanesville Museum of Art

$1,000 for summer art camp for low-income Muskingum County students

Zanesville-Muskingum County Convention & Visitors Bureau

$5,350 for “A Storybook Christmas” holiday beautification project

Zane Trace Players

$5,000 for the replacement of theatre stage lighting system

CYF Youth Grant Competition In April 2015, CYF awarded a total of $2,000 to three area organizations:

* $750 to Muskingum County Literacy Council— to purchase books and items to promote literacy and school readiness for parents of young children

* $625 to Nashport PTO— to construct a “Learning Wall” within the proposed Outdoor Learning Center

* $625 to West Muskingum Youth League— for construction of new youth baseball fields and installation of new power lines

The annual Youth Grant Competition allows CYF members to learn about the grantmaking process. CYF members are responsible for raising funds to support the awards before reviewing and selecting grant winners.

To see a list of previous years’ grant recipients and to learn more about applying for our Spring Grant Competition or the CYF Youth Grants, visit our website, www.mccf.org


New FundsNew accounts started in 2015

These are just a few of the new funds established in 2015. The purpose of a fund can range from educational scholarships, to pass through (which support a specific project), to an endowment fund that makes a lasting and perpetual difference in our community.

East Muskingum Student Endowment Fund

East Muskingum Student Endowment General Fund

Forever Dad’s Endowment Fund

John & Annie Glenn Museum Foundation Endowment Fund

Springs Incorporated Donor Advised Fund

The Charles and Mary Lou Heck Educational Scholarship Fund

The Gene Menhorn Athletic Scholarship Fund

The John & Evelyn Rehl Endowment Fund

The Matthew B. Robinson Scholarship Fund

The Michael Strohl Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Nick Tilton Memorial Scholarship

The Traci Lynn Reed Memorial Scholarship

New Scholarships1st Year Awards Made in 2015

The Traci Lynn Reed Memorial Scholarship Benefiting a graduating senior from John Glenn High SchoolThe Nick Tilton Memorial Scholarship Benefiting a graduating senior at West Muskingum High SchoolTo find out how a scholarship can make a difference in a local student’s future, contact Brian Wagner or any of the staff at MCCF.


Donor Advised Funds (DAF) Our Donors made a Difference

Some of our donors...

• Supported a local arts program in Crooksville. If the donor had not stepped forward to offer support, the 12 kids in the program would have never had the opportunity to learn about the visual arts.

• Used their DAF to support the Tuesday Music Club’s efforts to send high school students to a summer music camp.

• Used their DAF to offer continous support to the charities and organizations that are most near and dear to their hearts.

To find out how you can establish a DAF, contact Brian Wagner or any of the MCCF staff.

Special Events Zanesville Prize

MCCF presented the second Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics international juried exhibition in 2015. Following the inaugural event in 2014, the 2015 exhibition included more than 60 works of art featured from September 2015 until January 2016 at the Zanesville Museum of Art. Jurors Doug Jeck, Garth Johnson and Julia Galloway selected Colby Parsons’ Peak #1 as the $20,000 Best of Show winner.

The Zanesville Prize is scheduled to return in 2017, as the show becomes a biannual show to allow artists more time to create their masterpieces.


Groundhog Day 2015More than just a weather event!

The community gathered at the Ohio University Zanesville/Zane State Campus Center on Friday, January 30, 2015, as the MCCF held its annual Groundhog Day Celebration. More than 175 live and silent auction items were sold, raising about $40,000—portions of which were used to support the 2015 Spring Grant Competition.

Over 375 people attended the annual event making it one of the “hottest” rooms in Zanesville. The evening featured two community members being recognized. The 2015 Dick Johnson Civic Leadership award was presented to local businessman Mark Moyer for his years of service to Genesis Hospital and the community. The 2015 Brian T. Wagner Community Leadership award was given to Bethany Hayes for her work in the public safety arena. By highlighting their commitments to Muskingum County, the Foundation continues to honor individuals who are helping to improve the region for the benefit of all.

If you want more information about the past recipients of the Dick Johnson Civic Leadership Award or the Brian T. Wagner Community Leadership Award, visit our website, www.mccf.org


AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides

College Night 2015On Thursday, March 12, 2015, over 200 students and their families attended College Night 2015. College Night is an evening of information sessions about everything students need to be aware of during the college-going process.

Philo High School junior Kimberly Kelly said that “All of the information was very insightful and helpful. It will definitely help me in planning for college next year. My favorite part of the entire night was winning a scholarship to Muskingum University.”

College Night 2015 scholarship recipients

AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides 2014-2015 2015-2016

Emily Crist Alex Earich Levi Funk Lydia Kuhn Jordan House Kelsey Lawler Sam Satterfield Desiree Shannon


Scholarship Central’s Sunday evening ACT Prep classes are taught by community volunteer, Dr. Bill Stewart. Over 2,300 students have prepared for 46 tests from 2008 to the end of the 2015-2016 academic year. There has been an average increase of 1.73 points for students with before and after scores. In the past five years, classes have been consistently full, averaging 51 students for each of the five test classes each year.

Scholarship CentralStudents Receiving Assistance

Scholarship Central has helped thousands of area students since its inception and continues to impact the educational climate in Southeastern Ohio. With its 2015 expansion into Perry County due to the federal GEAR UP grant, Scholarship Central is entering into a new period of growth and philanthropy for area college access.

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Scholarship CentralScholarships Through MCCF

Numbers of scholarships awarded through MCCF and the average per award for the past five years

Students Served

Students served and hours served over the past five years

College Night Ten Years of Serving Muskingum and Surrounding Counties

College Night is a community service project developed by area county high school counselors to provide parents the tools necessary to help their children choose an appropriate post-secondary education. Scholarship Central and the Muskingum County Community Foundation agreed to lend their logistical and financial support to the project. Participation is free of charge for all attendees.

School Counselors and Scholarship Central have collaborated in regular quarterly meetings to prepare for College Night each year since the first event in 2007.

Since 2007, more than 4,300 students and family members have attended 10 College Nights.

Our AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides were essential in all roles of organizing and staffing our tenth annual College Night 2016 on March 10, 2016. 542 students and family members (272 students) from 27 area Middle Schools and High Schools each participated in 3 of 19 possible educational sessions. Twenty-five $250 and six $500 scholarships sponsored by local businesses, high schools and colleges were awarded.

211 scholarships have been awarded totaling more than $53,000. Sixty-two of these scholarships have been disbursed to students attending college and the remaining awards are being held by the Foundation for students still in high school for them to receive after their first term of college. Most of the money for these scholarships was donated by local individuals, businesses and organizations.

Numbers of scholarships awarded through the Muskingum County Community Foundation and the average per award for the past five years.

Enrollment Status

Community Impact

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$754.00 $785.00 $749.00 $856.00 $957.00

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Numbers of students and hours they were served in one-on-one advising sessions for the past four academic years.

What is Scholarship Central’s

Impact on Our Community?

From 1988 to 2004 = 753 in one-on-one sessions 0 in group sessions

Total # of Students Served

From 2005 to 2015 = 10,054 in one-on-one sessions 16,863 in group sessions

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MUSKINGUM COUNTYCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Muskingum County Community Foundation534 Putnam AvenueZanesville, OH 43701

(740) 453-5192www.mccf.org

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